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This dissertation combines three research projects to examine the people affecting and affected by urban environmental change across multiple scales of decision making. In the Phoenix Metropolitan area and the Colorado River Basin, I study the social influence around the implementation of water use innovations among city-level stakeholders (Chapter 2) and I emphasize that water insecurity still exists in wealthy cities (Chapter 3). In Chapter 4, I ultimately consider grassroots solutions for achieving resource security alongside positive social change in a historically underserved community. In this dissertation, I have conceptualized my research questions by envisioning urban change as an opportunity for actors, at multiple scales, to simultaneously reduce resource waste and promote positive social change.
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Title
- Understanding the people affecting and affected by urban environmental change: the consideration of resource sustainability and social equity together
Contributors
- DeMyers, Christine (Author)
- Wutich, Amber (Thesis advisor)
- White, Dave (Committee member)
- BurnSilver, Shauna (Committee member)
- Glegziabher, Meskerem (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2019
Subjects
- environmental justice
- Sustainability
- Water resources development--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Water resources development
- Water resources development--Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico).
- Water resources development
- Environmental justice--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- environmental justice
- Environmental justice--Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico).
- environmental justice
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2019
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 74-82)
- Field of study: Anthropology
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Statement of Responsibility
by Christine DeMyers